
SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY.
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Will the faithful ones out of the last generation be given
a place near the king? Rev. 14:4; 7:15.
Notes.
i. "Through two great errors—the immortality of the soul,
and Sunday sacredness—Satan will bring the people under his
deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of Spiritual-
ism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome."—Great
Controversy, page 588.
2.
"The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in
stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of
Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands
with the Roman power, and under the influence of this three-
fold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome, in
trampling on the right of conscience."—Great
Controversy,
Page 588.
3.
"The
time is not far distant, when, like the early disciples,
we shall be forced to seek a refuge in desolate and solitary
places."—Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5, page 464.
4.
"As the decree issued by the various rulers of Christendom
against commandment keepers shall withdraw the protection of
government, and abandon them to those who desire their
destruction,
the people of God will lice from the cities
and vil-
lages. and associate together in companies, dwelling in the most
desolate and solitary places."—Great
Controversy, pages 625, 626.
Also read
Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5, pages 464, 465.
5.
"The members of the church should individually hold
themselves and all their possessions upon the altar of Goa. Now,
as never before, the Saviour's admonition is applicable: 'Sell
that ve have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax
not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not.' . .
Those
who are fastening their means in large houses, in lands, in
worldly enterprises, are saying by their actions, 'God can not
have it : I want it for myself.' They have bound up their one
talent in a napkin and hid it in the earth. There is cause for
such to be
alarmed."—Testimonies for the Church, Vol.
5,
page 465.
6.
"Satan will, if possible, prevent them (the people of God)
from obtaining a preparation to stand in that day. He will so
arrange affairs as to hedge up their way. entangle them with
We expend sixty per cent of our efforts upon four per cent of
our field.